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INVENTORi WITNESSES:

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ATTORNEYS:

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES N. SWIFT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-MOISTENING PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,140, dated December11 I883,

Application filed March 22. 1883. (ModeL) To ctZlwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. SWIFT, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Moistening Pad for Tobacco and other Articles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists in a pad formed of some bibulous substancecovered by a perforated plate, and supported on a plate folded at theedges over both the bibulous substance and the perforated plate, ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had'to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing my new moistening-pad applied toa cigar-box. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pad 5 and Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line as w ofFig. 2.

A represents the pad, which may be made of any suitable size, accordingto the purpose. for which it is intended, and is made flat and thin, sothat it is adapted to be simply placed loosely in thebox B or other casewithout removing any of the contents of the box or case. If preferred,however, in small boxes or cases-such as cigar-boxes and the likethathave covers. the pad may, for convenience, be secured by small tacks orotherwise to the inside of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1.

The pad A is composed of the sheet or layer a, of some bibuloussubstance-blotting-paper preferred-the perforatedplate b, and the easing 0. The perforated plate b is simply a piece of perforated sheetmetal, though celluloid, hard rubber, or other suitable material mightbe used. The casing c is formed by taking a piece of sheet metal (tinpreferred) of the proper size and cutting triangular pieces from thecorners thereof, so that its edges may be folded over the edges of theperforated plate 12 and sheet a of bibulous substance. In this mannerthe bibulous substance is entirely inclosed, so that it cannot come incontact with the articles packed in the box, and yet a free circulationof air is admitted to and from the bibulous substance.

In use the pad is simply to be dropped in water or other liquid untilthe bibulous substance becomes saturated, and then placed in the box orcase the contents of which it may be desired to keepmoist.

to be retained by the bibulous substance a suitable length of time.

Constructed in this manner, it will be seen that the pad is perfectlypractical for its purpose, requires very little attention for its properuse, may be put at any part of any .55 The casing 0, instead of beingmade of continuous sheet metal, might also be perforated,

packing-case, and that there is no danger of 7 any of the contents ofthe box getting damaged from contact with the substance a, and

that it occupies very small space in the pack.-

ing box or case.

I am aware that itis not broadly new to use a moistening-pad in acigar-case or a tobaccoboX; but

What I do claim as new and of my invention isr The pad A, formed of thebibulous substance a, covered by the perforated plate I), and supportedon a plate, 0, folded at the edges over both the parts a b, as shown anddescribed.

CHARLES N. SWIFT.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, O. SEDGWIOK.

